Spoon.



No. 837,506. PATENTED DEC. 4, 1906.

- W. E. RANEY.

SPOON.

APPLICATION FILED HAB..10,1908.

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(f 51 wontoz PATENTED DEC. 4, 1906.

W. E. RANEY.

SPOON.

IOATION FILED MAB..10,1906.

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Qvi/llmeowo attoznu UNITED STATES PATENT orrroni WILLIAM E. RANFJY, OFNORFOLK, VIRG1NIA,'ASSIGNOR.OF ONEHALF TO JOHN- F. WOODWARD,

OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.

SPOON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 4, 1906.

Application filed March 10. 1906. Serial No. 305,336

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. RANEY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Norfolk, in the county ofNorfolk and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in S oons; and I do declare the following to e a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to improvements in nursery and medicine spoons.

One object of the invention is to provide a simple spoon of thischaracter by means of which food or medicine may be conveniently givenor administered to children or sick persons.

Another obj ectof the invention is to provide a medicine-spoon of thischaracter which" may bev placed upon any flat surface without spillingthe contents.

Another object of the invention is to provide a spoon of this characterwhich willbe easy to manipulate.

A further ob'ect of the invention is to improve and simplify theconstruction and operation of devices of this character, and

' and around said notch. upon the up er side thereby render the samemore efficient.

The above and other objects are accomplished by the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of my improvednursery or medicine spoon with its coverin its closed position. Fig. 2 is a similarview of the same with thecover in its open position. Fig. 3 is a side elevation or edge view ofthe spoon supported upon a flat horizontal surface. Figs. 4, 5, and 6are sectional views taken, res ectively, upon the planes indicated bythe 'ne 4 4, 5 5, and 6 6 in Fig. 3. Figs. 7 and 8 are views'of theupper and inner faces of the cover of the spoon, and Fig. 9 is a planview of the spoon.

Referring to the drawings by numeral, 1

denotes my improved nursery or 'medicine spoon, which comprises a bowl 2of the usual oval or elliptical form and a curved handle 3 at one end ofthe same. The handle 3 is so I shaped that its-end 5 is 'adapted toserve as a foot to support the spoon in a horizontal position when itisplaced u on a fiat surface, as shown in Fig. 3 of the awings. In thebowl 2 of the spoon I referably arrange graduation-marks 6, whichindicate a tear spoonful and a dessert-spoonful, the bowl beingpreferably, but not necessarily, made in the size of the ordinarytable-spoon. These graduations may be arranged so that an otherquantities of liquid may be measure( and they may be formed or providedin the bowl in any suitable manner.

Around the upper edge of the bowl 2 is a surrounding groove 7, ada tedto receive the correspondingl -shaped e ge 8 of a cover 9,.

which is prov]. ed forthe bowl of the spoon.

Said cover 9 corresponds in shape to that of p the bowl 2 and is cutaway at one end, as shown at 10, and has its opposite end formed with ahandle or stem 11, which is ad ted to be detachably pivoted upon the hanle 3 of the spoon. This detachable pivotal connection between the stems3 and 11 is preferablyeffected by providing inthe upper face of thehandle 3 a recess or depression 12 and adjacent thereto a headed screw13 and by providing in the outer end of the handle 11 upon its underside a headed screw 14 and in said handle 11 on one edge of the same a.U-shaped notch 15. The notch 15 is arranged m a beveled portion orrecess 16, formed in the under face of the handle 11,

screw 14 upon the latter is adapted to seat in the depression 12 tocause the cover to be held firml upon the bowl of the spoon, as 1 shownin igs. 1 and 3 of the drawings. In 0 ening the spoon the cover 9 isswung, as s iown in Fig. 2, to a position at right angles to the spoonby pressing or pushing laterally upon the milled or rou hened ortion 18on the upper and outer end of the andle 11 until the iead of the screw14 is sprung out of its seat or depression 12. I When this is done, thecover 9 ma be removed with ease. It will be seen that y adjusting thescrews 13 and 14 the cover when in closed position will be held securelyupon the bowl 2 of the spoon, so that the medicine cannot work outbetween the engaged edges 7 8 of said bowl and cover.

The construction, use, and advanta es of the invention will be readilyunderstoo from the fore oing'description, taken in connection witi theaccompanying drawings. It

will be seen that by providing the spoon with adetacha-ble cover of thiskind it may be quickly taken apart to permit it to be thoroughlycleaned, and when in this closed posi-' tion its parts will be heldiirlnly together, so that the only escape for the contents of the spoonwill be through the open end 10 of the cover.

By constructing the spoon so that it may rest horizontally upon a llatsurface and by providing the graduations in its bowl medicine may bequickly and conveniently poured into the same and measured accurarely.

Various changes in the form;- proportion, and the ni'nor details ofconstruction maybe resorted to without departinglfropi the principle orsacrificing fany of theiadivantages of the invention. r

llaving thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A spoon of the character described, comprising a bowl, having ahandle at one end provided on its outer side with a recess and a headedstud adjacent to said recess, a

cover for the bowl of said spoon provided with a handle at one endhaving a notch in one edge adapted to engage said headed stud, and aprojection upon the handle of said cover ada )ted to enter the recess inthe handle olsai spoon.

2.'A spoon of the character described, comprising a bowl, having ahandle at one end formed in its upper face with a recess, a screw-studin said handle, a cover for the bowl of said spoon, having a handle atone end formed in one of its edges with a notch adapted to engage saidscrew, and a screw in the under side of the handle of said cover adaptedto enter the recess in the handle of said'spoon.

3. A spoon of the character described, comprising a bowl, having ahandle at one end formed in its upper face with a recess, a

screw-stud in said handle, a cover for themy hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesscs.

WILLIAM E. RAN EY.

,, \Vitnesses:

II. BORLAND, J. A. VVooDWARD.

